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All the ideas for 'Reportatio', 'fragments/reports' and 'Aristotle on Substance'

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 2. Ancient Philosophy / c. Classical philosophy

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Crates lived in poverty, and treated his whole life as a joke [Crates of Thebes, by Plutarch]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / a. Philosophy as worldly

1767	Everyone should study philosophy until they see all people in the same light [Crates of Thebes, by Diog. Laertius]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 3. Matter of an Object

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Aristotelian matter seriously threatens the intrinsic unity and substantiality of its object [Gill,ML]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / b. Prime matter

17006

Prime matter has no place in Aristotle's theories, and passages claiming it are misread [Gill,ML]

16093

Prime matter is actually nothing and potentially everything (or potentially an element) [Gill,ML]

28. God / A. Divine Nature / 3. Divine Perfections

9111	God is not wise, but more-than-wise; God is not good, but more-than-good [William of Ockham]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 4. God Reflects Humanity

9112	We could never form a concept of God's wisdom if we couldn't abstract it from creatures [William of Ockham]